Engineering in Emergencies: A Practical Guide for Relief Workers

Engineering in Emergencies is a hugely successful practical handbook for all relief workers involved in giving humanitarian assistance. It provides the information needed to implement an effective engineering response in the aftermath of an emergency. The second edition of Engineering in Emergencies maintains the practical content of the first edition but has been revised and updated to reflect developments in humanitarian relief in recent years. The combination of 'hard' topics, such as water and sanitation, and 'soft' topics, such as managerial skills and personal effectiveness, has been retained from the original edition and the book expanded to include two new chapters on security and telecommunications. The new second edition will be available both as a book and as a handy CD-ROM, especially designed to be light and easily portable for relief workers in the field. Engineering in Emergencies is developed in collaboration with the agency RedR - Engineers for Disaster Relief, based in Westminster.

Author: Jan Davis
Publisher: ITDG Publishing
Published: 12/15/2002
Pages: 738
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.40lbs
Size: 9.32h x 6.50w x 1.47d
ISBN13: 9781853395215
ISBN10: 1853395218
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Human Services
- Political Science | Public Policy | Social Services & Welfare
- Social Science | Disasters & Disaster Relief

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